01644nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001100001100042700001100053700001100064700001300075700001000088245012000098856011100218300000900329490000700338520110300345022001401448       2019                            d1 aArif T1 aAmin S1 aAdil M1 aDorjay K1 aRaj D00aLeprosy in the post-elimination era: a clinico-epidemiological study from a northern Indian tertiary care hospital.  uhttp://www.acta-apa.org/journals/acta-dermatovenerol-apa/papers/10.15570/actaapa.2019.2/actaapa.2019.2.pdf  a7-100 v283 a<p><strong>INTRODUCTION: </strong>Leprosy is a chronic disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Despite being eliminated from India in 2005, there are still a considerable number of leprosy cases.</p>

<p><strong>METHODS: </strong>A prospective hospital-based study involving all leprosy patients attending the leprosy clinic at the Department of Dermatology from January 2015 to December 2016.</p>

<p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>A total of 220 patients visited the leprosy clinic during the study period. Most of the patients (48.7%) were 20 to 40 years old. Multibacillary disease was more common in females (84.7%) than males (67.6%), and in rural patients (80.9%) than urban patients (64.8%). Borderline lepromatous leprosy was the most common (38.2%) type of leprosy seen, followed by lepromatous leprosy (28.2%) and borderline tuberculoid leprosy (21.4%).</p>

<p><strong>CONCLUSIONS: </strong>Despite elimination, leprosy continues to be a health problem in this part of the world. We have shown that females and the rural population are more susceptible to multibacillary disease.</p>
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